The Stripper - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Matlock approaches the widow to "convey his condolences," she is standing still, but the natural light on her changes between shots. (00:14:35)
The Stripper - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Ben and Charlene Matlock visit the precinct and give The Gift to the proud new daddy, Ben teases him, saying that it's so that the boy will dress better than his father. The guy acknowledges the joke, pointing at Matlock in a friendly way. Nothing in his hand, then all of a sudden he is holding a cigar. (00:06:00)
The Stripper - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Carla's kid at the beginning of the episode asks her to stay with her and sleep on the couch, "Please, Mum, please?" Notice the book in his hand change position between shots. (00:02:20)
Plot hole: The resolution of the case hinges on the fact that the culprit would be compelled by The Witness (whom they bribed, but who double-crossed them) to visit their stake-out apartment to try to dispose of their bloodied clothes. However, The Witness didn't and couldn't possibly know about that apartment. The murderer tried to prevent a non-existent threat that nobody made and did not worry at all about the other, very much more likely evidence and testimony The Witness provides - if The Witness was going to trick them to begin with, it makes no sense that they didn't just record the conversation, for once. The culprit does not even contemplate that possibility.
Continuity mistake: When The Judge is on the stand and Matlock approaches him to start his examination, Andy Griffith's right hand is on/off the railing, depending on the camera angle. (00:39:40)
Continuity mistake: Charlene comes back to the office after subpoenaing Piper Laurie. Ben is at his desk writing some notes. However, the pad turns 90° as the camera angles alternate. (00:19:50)
Diary of a Perfect Murder - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Lockwood is on the stand, Matlock asks him if he is aware of ties with the "American Unified Finance Corporation." As he spells out the name of the company, he moves the side of his hand along the railing in small steps. However, there is a reverse shot in the middle of it where his arm is still and positioned at a different height. (01:24:20)
Diary of a Perfect Murder - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Paul Lockwood catches Charlene Matlock and the others at his plant and tells them they are trespassing, Ben eventually says, "Let's go." Lori Lethin pulls away from Andy Griffith two separate times in that shot and the next. (01:19:55)
Diary of a Perfect Murder - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Matlock starts implying that Mr. Banning is the one that tipped The Scandal reporters about his client, he clutches the stand with both hands and shuffles back and forth. As the line "frequently pay people to alert them" is spoken, transitioning to a different camera angle, he is all of a sudden no longer clinging to the railing corner. (01:11:15)
Diary of a Perfect Murder - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Matlock pretends he's done with Banning, the hotel desk clerk, he walks away from him. Richard Lineback has his hands in his lap in two different ways in the two separate shots, just beginning to stand twice in a row. (01:10:35)
Diary of a Perfect Murder - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Matlock questions Mrs. Harris at the stand; Andy Griffith keeps switching between a hand in his pants pocket and a hand on the jacket over his hip. (01:06:40)
Diary of a Perfect Murder - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Prosecutor Burton Hawkins shows People Exhibit B (the murder weapon), doing a fancy twirl, keeping his arm outstretched in the wide shot. His spin concludes in a narrower camera angle; this time, his arm is down. (01:04:15)
Diary of a Perfect Murder - S1-E1
Character mistake: Prosecutor "Death Row" Hawkins finishes speaking with prospective jury member Mr. Cooper and tags in The Defense attorney, saying, "Mr. Matlock, your witness." Naturally, Cooper is not a witness of anything; they are selecting the jury.
Factual error: Radio talk show host David Campbell works at "WRQE 480 AM." There is no such frequency. The AM radio dial begins at 530.
Factual error: This episode involves the murder of Bobby Moore, a program host at Atlanta radio station 98.6 WBW. In the United States, all FM stations end with an odd number.
Continuity mistake: Michelle Thomas, Ben Matlock's assistant, has been abducted and is being kept in the home of mobster Jay Cutler. Ben attempts to scale the wall surrounding the property. A close-up shows him with both arms resting atop the wall. In the very next shot, his arms are extended, his right leg is over the wall and he is raising his left leg.
Continuity mistake: Matlock is inside a jail cell, speaking to a man who has been accused of murder. In an outdoor scene, someone throws a raw egg at the window as Matlock looks out. Inside the cell, as Matlock turns away from the window, the splattered egg has vanished.
Santa Claus - S1-E12
Visible crew/equipment: When Mark Harris shows Matlock into his office, the actors' three tape marks (one T-mark) are visible on the carpet behind the chair, and at the bottom of the screen.
Other mistake: In a newspaper article about an overnight break-in and robbery at a bank, three paragraphs in the first column are repeated in the second column.
Answer: Leanne often went to the beach whenever she was upset about something. In this episode, Leanne realised that Kevin, the guy she had been seeing, had broken into her home and taken her diary in hopes of learning everything about her. This upset her because her privacy had been invaded and Kevin thought that the entries in her diary described the kind of man she was looking for. Ben drove down to the beach to comfort Leanne.
Only problem with that is that earlier in the episode LeeAnn went for a jog on the beach. She drives three hours to jog?
She didn't go for a jog. She went there because she was upset.